- #1 Kohan: Immortal Sovereigns
97% matchVery Positive85% of 117 reviews2011
Dev: TimeGate Studios
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 7.1 hrs≥1hr: 50%
If you are to return your race to their rightful glory, you must solve the mystery of their destruction.
Why similar: Strategy 46.4%, RTS 44.7%, Fantasy 8.9%
- #2 Majesty 2 Collection
96% matchMostly Positive74% of 1,545 reviews2011
Dev: 1C:InoCoPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 12.8 hrs≥1hr: 66%
In the world of Majesty, you are the ruler of the Kingdom. Your rule is not absolute, however, as you face subjects that are independent and stubborn. They will need a great deal of persuasion before they carry out your wishes...
Why similar: RTS 49.4%, Strategy 38.6%, Fantasy 10.9%, Singleplayer 1%
- #3 A Game of Thrones - Genesis
96% matchMostly Negative35% of 712 reviews2011
Dev: Cyanide StudiosPub: 1C-SoftClub
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 2.8 hrs≥1hr: 41%
Immerse yourself into the battles and intrigues between the Houses that shaped the Kingdom of Westeros and keep your spot on the Iron Throne by any means.
Why similar: Strategy 57.5%, RTS 34.5%, Fantasy 8%
- #4 Warrior Kings: Battles
95% matchVery Positive91% of 328 reviews2014
Dev: Black CactusPub: Strategy First
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 13.0 hrs≥1hr: 48%
Warrior Kings: Battles maintains the excitement that made Warrior Kings a leading RTS. It is a stand-alone title that adds a new strategic and tactical dimension to the series.
Why similar: RTS 53.4%, Strategy 46.6%
- #5 Empires:The Rise
94% matchMixed61% of 62 reviews2019
Dev: 阿龟与阿飞Pub: MZ Times
Windows
《Empries:The Rise》 is the a Cross-Platform Real-Time-Strategy (R.T.S.) game. Choose your nation and conquer those, who stand in your way!
Why similar: RTS 52.5%, Strategy 47.5%
- #6 reconquest
94% matchMixed55% of 263 reviews2016
Dev: StormCube Games
Windows · Mac
Reconquest is a real-time strategy base building game. After World War III, mankind got close to extinction. You have to reconquer Earth by making better strategic decisions than your opponents.
Why similar: RTS 52.2%, Strategy 47.8%
- #7 Z Steel Soldiers
92% matchMixed52% of 286 reviews2014
Dev: TickTock GamesPub: Rebellion
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 95%
In the bloody aftermath of ‘Z’ comes The Bitmap Brothers classic, “Z Steel Soldiers”: a new breed of robot with a taste for war and a warped sense of humour.
Why similar: RTS 51.5%, Strategy 48.5%
- #8 BattleMore
91% matchPositive86% of 14 reviews2018
Dev: Heat Wave Games
Windows
From battling rocket squirrels to lead zeppelins, this goofy single player RTS will keep your hands full and APM high.
Why similar: RTS 57.4%, Strategy 42.6%
- #9 Celtic Kings: Rage of War
91% matchVery Positive90% of 171 reviews2019
Dev: Haemimont Games
Windows
Celtic Kings: Rage of War is an RTS classic by Haemimont Games, originally released in 2002. It is the first game of the award-winning franchise Celtic Kings
Why similar: RTS 57.9%, Strategy 42.1%
- #10 Rising Kingdoms
90% matchVery Positive92% of 251 reviews2019
Dev: Haemimont Games
Windows
Rising Kingdoms is a fantasy-themed RTS classic by Haemimont Games, originally released in 2005
Why similar: RTS 50.8%, Strategy 49.2%
- #11 Warfare
89% matchVery Positive86% of 246 reviews2009
Dev: GFI RussiaPub: Game Factory Interactive
Windows
Median: 12 minMean: 10.7 hrs≥1hr: 25%
Saudi Arabia, one of the world's leading oil suppliers and a key U.S. ally, has been taken over by a highly organized group of radical terrorists. The government is in a state of collapse and turmoil and you have been chosen to lead the United States' armed forces to restore control.
Why similar: Strategy 51.1%, RTS 48.9%
- #12 Seven Kingdoms: Ancient Adversaries
89% matchVery Positive94% of 246 reviews2016
Dev: Enlight Software Limited
Windows
Conquer the world and build your empire! Lead one civilization to glory through sophisticated trade, diplomacy, espionage and conquest.
Why similar: Strategy 53.4%, RTS 46.6%
- #13 Command & Conquer™ Tiberian Sun™ and Firestorm™
86% matchVery Positive90% of 1,229 reviews2024
Dev: Westwood StudiosPub: Electronic Arts
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 44%
The Second Tiberium War begins in this legendary sequel to the original Command & Conquer. With his forces stronger than ever, arch villain and leader of The Brotherhood of Nod - Kane - is pitched in an epic battle against the world's war machine - the Global Defense Initiative.
Why similar: RTS 47.8%, Strategy 43.6%, Action 6.1%, Singleplayer 2.5%
- #14 Warrior Kings
88% matchMostly Positive71% of 143 reviews2014
Dev: Black CactusPub: Strategy First
Windows
Restoring the power of a kingdom to its former glory using innate cunning, military might and a fearsome will to win.
Why similar: Strategy 54.1%, RTS 45.9%
- #15 Kohan: Ahriman's Gift
87% matchVery Positive89% of 151 reviews2011
Dev: TimeGate Studios
Windows
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Why similar: Strategy 56.1%, RTS 43.9%
- #16 Arena Wars 2
86% matchMostly Negative32% of 387 reviews2012
Dev: ExDream GmbHPub: Just a Game
Windows
Median: 18 minMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 19%
Arena Wars 2 is the sequel of the award-winning Arena Wars series and combines revolutionary RTS fights with RPG elements.
Why similar: Strategy 51.2%, RTS 41.6%, Action 7.2%
- #17 Heroes of Annihilated Empires
84% matchVery Positive85% of 780 reviews2006
Dev: GSC Game World
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 13.5 hrs≥1hr: 57%
Heroes of Annihilated Empires - is a fantasy-based game from GSC Game World in the genre of RTS vs RPG for PC. 4 unique races awaits for the heroes, who want to fight in an Epic scale battles!
Why similar: RTS 51.8%, Strategy 37.9%, Fantasy 9.7%, Singleplayer 0.6%
- #18 Meridian: New World
85% matchMixed48% of 530 reviews2014
Dev: Elder GamesPub: Headup
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Slip into the role of Daniel Hanson, commander of the first mission to a remote planet called Meridian. Assured of the fact that the planet is uninhabited, the unexpected reception of a distress call from the surface could mean many things, none of which you are prepared for.
Why similar: RTS 59.5%, Strategy 39.5%, Singleplayer 1%
- #19 Terra Division
83% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ushanka Games
Windows
Combine FPS skill and RTS strategy in one game. From the strategic overview of a commander to the focused fire of a frontline soldier, every perspective serves the same purpose: absolute victory. Experience a war where every life has value and every order carries the weight of consequence.
Why similar: RTS 44.3%, Strategy 23.4%, FPS 17.7%, First-Person 6.1%, Combat 4.3%
- #20 Machines At War 3
82% matchMostly Positive76% of 85 reviews2014
Dev: Isotope 244 LLC
Windows · Mac
Median: 24 minMean: 12.3 hrs≥1hr: 29%
Real time strategy game featuring over 130 different types of units and technologies, 21 campaign missions with characters and an intriguing story, unlimited random map skirmishes with many customizable settings, network multiplayer to challenge your friends, and so much more in this RTS!
Why similar: RTS 47.2%, Strategy 45.7%, Action 7%
- #21 BC Kings
82% matchMixed64% of 216 reviews2009
Dev: Mascot EntertainmentPub: Strategy First
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 34%
BC Kings features several new elements not commonly found in strategy games. In addition to gathering resources, training an army and defeating the enemy, you will have to solve adventure and role-playing elements as well.
Why similar: Strategy 66.5%, RTS 33.5%
- #22 Ground Control II: Operation Exodus
81% matchVery Positive89% of 324 reviews2015
Dev: Massive EntertainmentPub: Rebellion
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 8.1 hrs≥1hr: 39%
It’s 2741 and the universe is at war. The Terran Empire is laying siege to the NSA, a treaty of colonies that upholds freedom and democracy. After losing the battle in space, the NSA is forced to retreat to its last stronghold. Can you snatch victory from impending doom?
Why similar: Strategy 62.6%, RTS 37.4%
- #23 7th Legion
81% matchMixed56% of 95 reviews2014
Dev: Epic MegaGamesPub: Atari
Windows
Median: 6 minMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 23%
There's no Salvation from this army! Can you survive this furiously fast, kill-for-money, real-time blood-fest?
Why similar: RTS 49.8%, Strategy 43.8%, Action 6.4%
- #24 Tanks vs Aliens
80% matchMostly Positive79% of 33 reviews2017
Dev: VR FeaturesPub: K Bros Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Hordes of alien tanks have flooded the streets, spreading chaos and terror everywhere they go. You’re the only one who can save humanity! Explore the world of futuristic tank battles in a brand new real-time strategy and base defense game.
Why similar: Strategy 56.1%, RTS 39.5%, Action 2.8%, Singleplayer 1.6%
- #25 Fractured State
79% match9 user reviews67% of 9 reviews2020
Dev: Mechanical Monocle
Windows
Fractured State refines the RTS genre into fast-paced strategic urban combat. Take part as the machine driven imperialistic faction of the Laperian Imperial Army battle to remain in control against the Children of the Ancients, worshipers and masters of an ancient power. Includes Map Editor.
Why similar: RTS 51.6%, Strategy 48.4%
- #26 American Conquest: Fight Back
79% matchMostly Positive72% of 607 reviews2011
Dev: GSC Game WorldPub: GSC World Publishing
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 12.0 hrs≥1hr: 45%
American Conquest: Fight Back is the sequel to American Conquest. The most significant events of that glorious time have found their way into this title.
Why similar: RTS 55.3%, Strategy 43.7%, Singleplayer 1%
- #27 Perimeter
78% matchVery Positive84% of 261 reviews2014
Dev: K-D LabPub: Fulqrum Publishing
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Perimeter is an innovative Real-Time-Strategy game that pits players against each other or AI opponents in a life and death struggle to seize territory and establish crucial protective “perimeters.” Players will be introduced to the game’s unique terraforming feature, allowing them to move, build, construct and destroy the map...
Why similar: RTS 53%, Strategy 47%
- #28 Tempest Rising
74% matchVery Positive88% of 11,317 reviews2025
Dev: Slipgate Ironworks™Pub: 3D Realms
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 9.6 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Command distinct factions in a desperate struggle for power and resources in Tempest Rising - a classic RTS set on Earth after a nuclear war.
Why similar: RTS 67.3%, Strategy 31%, Singleplayer 1%, Action 0.7%
- #29 Joint Task Force
78% matchVery Positive88% of 331 reviews2007
Dev: Most Wanted EntertainmentPub: HD Publishing
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 7.0 hrs≥1hr: 44%
Joint Task Force is the real-time strategy (RTS) game where you command the frontline forces in tomorrow's most hazardous conflicts. Lead twenty dramatic missions in explosive war-zones including the Middle East, Central Asia, and the Balkans.
Why similar: RTS 46.9%, Strategy 46.7%, Action 6.4%
- #30 Executive Assault
76% matchVery Positive85% of 1,455 reviews2015
Dev: Hesketh Studios Ltd
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 7.1 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Executive Assault is an indie real-time strategy/first-person shooter where you can not only build your base and create armies, but also take control of your units and fight as one of them.
Why similar: RTS 44.3%, Strategy 24.8%, FPS 21.6%, First-Person 5%, Action 3.3%
- #31 Battle Realms: Zen Edition
73% matchVery Positive88% of 4,248 reviews2025
Dev: Ed Del Castillo
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 33.8 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Return of the Classic, now remastered! Battle Realms is a fantasy RTS inspired by the stories told in martial- arts movies and oriental mythology. Develop your peasants into a highly trained and deadly efficient clan of warriors who are ready to die with your name on their lips.
Why similar: RTS 51.2%, Strategy 37.8%, Fantasy 5.5%, Action 5.1%, Singleplayer 0.4%
- #32 SpellForce 2 - Anniversary Edition
77% matchMostly Positive75% of 1,341 reviews2009
Dev: PhenomicPub: THQ Nordic
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 15.7 hrs≥1hr: 59%
SpellForce 2 - Anniversary Edition presents the award-winning SpellForce saga hits: "SpellForce 2 – Shadow Wars" and the add-on "SpellForce 2 – Dragon Storm" for a spectacular game experience!
Why similar: RTS 47.1%, Strategy 38.3%, Fantasy 10.4%, Action 2.7%, Singleplayer 1.5%
- #33 Real Warfare 1242
77% matchMixed55% of 94 reviews2011
Dev: Unicorn Games StudioPub: Fulqrum Publishing
Windows
Median: 24 minMean: 9.7 hrs≥1hr: 38%
Real Warfare: 1242, is a realistic real-time strategy game based on authentic historic events.
Why similar: Strategy 61%, RTS 39%
- #34 Fortify
75% matchMostly Positive74% of 98 reviews2016
Dev: Holgersson Entertainment
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 46%
Fortify is a real-time strategy game with a tower defense twist. Defend your castle from attacking monsters and siege weapons by using ranged and melee defenders, catapults, cannons, oil fields and more. You start at the iron age, advancing to the medieval age, and later, the imperial age.
Why similar: Strategy 47.3%, RTS 44.7%, Action 8%
- #35 Cossacks II: Napoleonic Wars
76% matchMixed57% of 648 reviews2011
Dev: GSC Game WorldPub: GSC World Publishing
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 19.5 hrs≥1hr: 44%
Cossacks II: Napoleonic Wars sends the player into the heroic XIX century where they assume the role of a commander to take part in the massive historical battles for the supremacy over Europe.
Why similar: Strategy 55.1%, RTS 44.9%
- #36 Forged Battalion
75% matchMixed58% of 1,109 reviews2018
Dev: Petroglyph
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 50%
Customize your unique faction in a new take on real-time strategy as you fight in a variety of skirmish, solo, and multiplayer battles. You are not only a commander, but also an engineer – so you have ultimate control over your faction’s units, factories, superweapons and economy.
Why similar: RTS 66.8%, Strategy 32.3%, Singleplayer 0.9%
- #37 Cro Magnon
74% matchMostly Negative36% of 14 reviews2018
Dev: Thor Gaming
Windows
Europe, 39000 BC. A group of people have arrived at a location suitable for a settlement. The lands are rich and fertile, but not uninhabited. You will take command of a newly formed clan of Cro Magnon, in the final days of the Neanderthals. Your goal is survival and dominance.
Why similar: RTS 50.8%, Strategy 49.2%
- #38 9th Company: Roots Of Terror
73% matchMixed59% of 255 reviews2009
Dev: Новый ДискPub: Strategy First
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 44%
9th Company Roots of Terror is an action-oriented real-time strategy game based on actual events that took place during the Soviet military campaign in Afghanistan.
Why similar: RTS 53.6%, Strategy 46.4%
- #39 American Conquest
73% matchMixed68% of 679 reviews2011
Dev: GSC Game WorldPub: GSC World Publishing
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 12.0 hrs≥1hr: 40%
In American Conquest, Players set sail from Europe to discover new world and conquer its innumerable riches.
Why similar: RTS 52.8%, Strategy 46%, Singleplayer 1.2%
- #40 Cossacks: European Wars
72% matchMostly Positive74% of 624 reviews2011
Dev: GSC Game WorldPub: GSC World Publishing
Windows
Median: 12 minMean: 20.4 hrs≥1hr: 33%
This game is devoted to the key events of the XVII–XVIII centuries.
Why similar: Strategy 64.9%, RTS 34%, Singleplayer 1.1%
- #41 UNDEAD FACTORY:Zombie Pandemic
72% matchMixed57% of 100 reviews2018
Dev: BTD STUDIO Co.,ltd.
Windows
Survive zombie apocalypse! Plunder resources for survival!
Why similar: RTS 52.8%, Strategy 47.2%
- #42 Command & Conquer™ Generals
68% matchVery Positive88% of 1,976 reviews2024
Dev: EA PacificPub: Electronic Arts
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 10.0 hrs≥1hr: 38%
Command & Conquer Generals puts your trigger finger on the pulse of modern warfare. Prepare your forces General... it's time to engage in the next generation of real-time strategy.
Why similar: RTS 46.9%, Strategy 44.7%, Action 5.8%, Singleplayer 2.6%
- #43 Meridian: Squad 22
71% matchMixed66% of 133 reviews2016
Dev: Elder GamesPub: Headup
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Meridian: Squad 22 is a single-player science-fiction real-time strategy game with a focus on base building and advanced tactics. Every single choice, every tactical decision you make, shapes the outcome of your story.
Why similar: Strategy 50.7%, RTS 40.3%, Action 9%
- #44 Intruder Alert: Ixian Operations
71% matchMixed66% of 71 reviews2016
Dev: Frudelsoft
Windows
Intruder Alert is an science-fiction RTS having 6 totally different factions. It contains a single-player campaign, local LAN multiplayer, simple single player games and special challenges like Tower Defense.
Why similar: RTS 50.8%, Strategy 49.2%
- #45 Nightside
71% matchMixed62% of 133 reviews2015
Dev: OMNIDREAM CREATIONS
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 92%
A four races sci-fi base building real time strategy game set on the dark side of an unknown planet where the valuable "green ice" resource can be found.
Why similar: RTS 52.7%, Strategy 47.3%
- #46 Cuban Missile Crisis
70% matchMostly Positive75% of 289 reviews2015
Dev: G5 SoftwarePub: Fulqrum Publishing
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 17.2 hrs≥1hr: 49%
Cuban Missile Crisis is a real-time strategy game combined with a global turn-based tactical mode, thrusting gamers into a world ravaged by the military-political confrontation between the USA and USSR in 1962.
Why similar: Strategy 58.7%, RTS 41.3%
- #47 Cossacks II: Battle for Europe
70% matchVery Positive81% of 1,199 reviews2011
Dev: GSC Game WorldPub: GSC World Publishing
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 31.1 hrs≥1hr: 51%
Cossacks II: Battle for Europe is a standalone add-on for "Cossacks II: Napoleonic Wars" presenting new nations with the possibility to wage multiplayer battles.
Why similar: Strategy 59.9%, RTS 40.1%
- #48 8-Bit Hordes
69% matchVery Positive81% of 533 reviews2016
Dev: Petroglyph
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 77%
From the team that brought you 8-Bit Armies comes a new fantasy RTS as fast-paced and friendly as the original! 8-BIT HORDES is a colorful strategy-arcade game that is easy to learn for players of all skill levels. Collect resources, build up and defend your base, amass your army of orcs or humans and ultimately crush your opponents!
Why similar: RTS 52.2%, Strategy 43.5%, Fantasy 4.3%
- #49 Black Moon Chronicles
69% matchPositive81% of 42 reviews2016
Dev: Cryo InteractivePub: Microids
Windows
Median: 0 minMean: 19.5 hrs≥1hr: 29%
You are Wishmerill, a half-elf on a quest for power in a medieval world. Choose your side and lead your troops to victory!
Why similar: Strategy 59.2%, RTS 40.8%
- #50 Boid
68% matchMostly Positive80% of 750 reviews2016
Dev: MokusPub: tinyBuild
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Boid is real-time strategy at its most primal - your only resource is your army. No funds to manage or infrastructures to build. It’s a kill or be killed battle of rapid decisions to dominate the gene pool.
Why similar: RTS 53.7%, Strategy 40.4%, Action 5.9%
- #51 Command & Conquer™ and The Covert Operations™
66% matchMostly Positive73% of 419 reviews2024
Dev: Westwood StudiosPub: Electronic Arts
Windows
Median: 24 minMean: 10.4 hrs≥1hr: 37%
The legendary RTS game which started it all. Will you side with the humanistic GDI or bring the world to its knees with Kane and the Brotherhood of Nod. Your adversaries are without mercy. And so are you.
Why similar: RTS 51.5%, Strategy 38.9%, Action 7.3%, Singleplayer 2.3%
- #52 Perimeter: Emperor's Testament
69% matchMixed67% of 51 reviews2014
Dev: K-D LabPub: Fulqrum Publishing
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 24.4 hrs≥1hr: 51%
The game expands the story of the original Perimeter in a vast singleplayer campaign.
Why similar: Strategy 65.4%, RTS 34.6%
- #53 Earth Liberation
68% matchMixed58% of 36 reviews2016
Dev: PoRovoz Studios
Windows · Mac
Earth Liberation brings together fast-paced RTS gameplay and old-school style gaming experience. Command your troops on the ground & in the air. Grind through intense battles with alien invaders to liberate our planet. Humanity depends on your tactics and wits!
Why similar: RTS 49%, Strategy 43.9%, Action 7.1%
- #54 Kohan II: Kings of War
67% matchVery Positive94% of 282 reviews2011
Dev: TimeGate Studios
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 9.5 hrs≥1hr: 62%
Even as the world erupts in civil war, an ancient evil gives out a call, and the Shadow-touched begin to gather.
Why similar: RTS 53.4%, Strategy 38.3%, Fantasy 8.3%
- #55 Warzone Chronicles: Battlegrounds
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 3DI LLC
Windows
Experience relentless multiplayer warfare in Warzone Chronicles: Battlegrounds. Choose diverse arenas, customize settings, and engage in strategic battles solo or with friends. Optional Perspectacles enhance immersion. Join the frontline, dominate in this epic FPS adventure.
Why similar: Strategy 39.7%, FPS 29.8%, First-Person 13.2%, Action 8.1%, Combat 7.5%
- #56 Planet X16
65% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2023
Dev: 8-Bit Productions, LLCPub: NMSE & Co LLC
Windows · Mac
Planet X16 the spiritual successor to the Planet X3 strategy game. You are up against the Protoids again. You need to mine resources, build infrastructure and build offensive units to defeat them. All while protecting your bases now with mouse controls
Why similar: RTS 53.1%, Strategy 44.9%, Singleplayer 2%
- #57 WarZone Flashpoint
67% matchMixed53% of 80 reviews2018
Dev: Dust Storm Entertainment
Windows
WarZone Flashpoint is in an RTS in development by Dust Storm Entertainment. We're an indie team bringing you a classic RTS formula which we intend to update for a long time to come!
Why similar: Strategy 53.8%, RTS 37%, Action 9.1%